Stewart McMillan
HOA President purchased 2nd unit in 3 unit building
The HOA president purchased a 2nd unit in our 3-unit building. This has rendered all of the units in the building unwarrantable and will make it harder for me to sell my unit which I intend to do soon. All owners in ...
Jim Cummings
Landlord Guilty Of Not Stopping Discrimination
Do Property Managers Have A Duty To Protect Tenants From Known DiscriminationMarch 20, 2019Federal appellate court determines that a landlord can be liable under the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) for failing to pro...
Frank Barletta
Houston: F the Weather but invest anyways.
A friend recently asked me to compare two Houston zip codes, 77008 and 77063, from an investment perspective.
Now, I'm a big fan of Texas but the first thing I said to him was the weather is HORRENDOUS. Anything simi...
Brett Allen
Tenant late rent with a mess
Hi, my tenant is 1 month late with rent. He always was in time, but switched jobs, and told me he was going to be late, and pay late fee and eveything on the 15th. So the 14th i got a call from another tenant, (its a ...
Adam Hassim
Dealing with delinquent tenants
Good day ,
My family decided to rent out our first home at the beginning of this year. The tenants defaulted earlier this year but came to a payment agreement with my parents . They’ve now defaulted a second time and...
Janani Narayanan
Changing a pet to ESA in the middle of tenancy - California
I have an applicant who has 3 dogs. They have an ESA letter for 2 of them and their ask is (before signing the lease), to not charge pet deposit and pet fee for the third dog because they will get ESA letter for 3rd d...
Katrina Cabral
Neighbor wants to use my patio/lanai & not pay for it
This is a a highly unusual situation. When I bought my condo it came with an enormous lanai that extends beyond my unit to include the lanai in front of my next door neighbor. They have a sliding glass door that leads...
Kim LeJeune
Lease Purchase Tenant passed away. Can daughter take over?
Hi,
I own a Mobile Home in which I was offering a Lease Purchase to the tenant. She was on a 10 year Lease Purchase plan. I actually just purchased it in Dec 18’ and we signed a new contract for the remainder of th...
Jon K.
Liability Clauses in Leases... Meaningless?
I have clauses in my lease saying I'm not responsible for injury or loss to person or tenant's property, and that tenant waives all claims.
Are these clauses meaningless?
If something happens, they can still sue, l...
Michael Tighe
BRRR Order of Operation
Hey everyone, I have identified a duplex I'd like to conduct my first BRRR on and wanted some opinions on best practices for the initial inspection process. I live out of state and will likely be buying sight unseen...